Source: Jubilee House
The methods and insurance policies being applied by the Akufo-Addo Government are designed to shine the sunshine of transparency into the darkish corners that breed corruption whereas aggressively accelerating nationwide growth, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
Speaking on the 59th Annual Session of the Ghana Baptist Convention at at Ejura within the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Dr Bawumia bemoaned the debilitating results of corruption on nationwide growth, and affirmed Government’s vigorous dedication to its battle.
“One of the key hindrances in fulfilling God’s purpose is corruption. Corruption inhibits economic growth and affects business operations, employment and investments. It also reduces tax revenue and the effectiveness of various financial assistance programmes. The wider society is influenced by a high degree of corruption in terms of lowering of trust in the rule of law, governance and consequently the quality of life,” he famous.
“Corruption thrives within the very nature of the society that we’ve. It thrives in any society that is stuffed with darkness. So a lot in order that when there may be darkness a lot is hidden; you can’t inform who’s who.
“In a society the place you could have one of these darkness prevailing, whenever you can’t inform the id of an individual, then corruption can thrive. One may even go and borrow cash from a financial institution and later change their identify after which go to a different financial institution to borrow. You don’t have any sense of the place persons are or discovering the place they’re as a result of handle methods don’t exist. So banks cost excessive rates of interest.
“People who are supposed to collect revenues for government steal from government when cash is paid,” he continued. “People do not file their taxes. People try to register minors to vote and there’s general indiscipline in this type of system; because it is full of darkness there is no transparency and therefore corruption thrives.”
Digitalization
With a burning want to make entry to public companies simpler, extra accessible and freed from corruption, the Akufo-Addo authorities thus took the choice to embrace digitalization and infuse know-how into the nationwide fibre. The outcomes have been exceptional up to now, based on Dr Bawumia.
“This authorities is constructing a system that can improve transparency, promote accountability, self-discipline, trustworthiness and allow inclusiveness.
“It’s not based mostly on who you recognize and interpersonal relationships, thus selling environment friendly public sector administration, public companies supply and eliminating the incentives for bribery and corruption.
“You battle corruption with methods, you don’t battle corruption with rhetoric; and so, on this regard we’ve been making an attempt to place methods in place; we’re making an attempt to determine everyone uniquely and that’s the reason we’re issuing the GhanaCard. Every property has a digital handle. Today there isn’t any must pay a bribe on your passport. No ‘goro’ boys are concerned in passport acquisition; you log on you pay for it; and it will possibly even be delivered to your own home.
“Driver’s license can be quite simple, it’s some of the superior methods that we’ve applied on the planet and due to this fact you don’t want any ‘goro’ boy to get a driver’s license.
“Through your cell phone you possibly can renew your NHIS membership card; you don’t must pay anyone a bribe. You can high up your electrical energy in your cell phone. The similar goes with the digitized Registrar General’s workplace for the quick acquisition of 1’s paperwork.
“Today, you cannot obtain fake Motor insurance certificates anymore. If I look at a driver’s license plate I can dial *920*57# and I will know whether that car is insured or not.”
While touting the successes chalked up to now, Vice President Bawumia identified that the battle in opposition to corruption can solely be gained if all of us contribute our quota, and referred to as on all, together with the Church, to accomplice Government within the battle.
“These are some specifics we are able to level to in our battle in opposition to corruption. But clearly, we’ve not completed the battle, and though we’ve made progress, we nonetheless have extra to do. To obtain this, we have to speed up nationwide growth, and concerted efforts on the a part of everybody can be required to construct this nation.
“Through digitalization we are putting in place the systems for a disciplined, less corrupt, transparent, efficient, trustworthy and tax complying society. Let us all join this very important, national fight.”
The outgoing Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention, who additionally doubles because the Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, recommended authorities for introducing measures, together with the continued widespread adoption of digitization in each day life, to make life simpler for the strange Ghanaian.
In a associated growth, the Chief of Ejura, Barima Ozsei Hwedie II, on behalf of his chiefs and elders, has donated 100 acres of land to the Ghana Baptist Convention for the institution of the Ejura campus of the Ghana Baptist University.
About Ghana
Ghana, is a west African nation, sure on the north by Burkina Faso, on the east by Togo, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean,and on the west by Côte d’Ivoire.
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